I was just thinking about this: I've got nothing against the score, but why doesn't Kiner try to emulate the sound of John Williams to some degree? It feels a bit odd that they want to keep the score so original to a rather big SW project like this and also, maybe having more Williams-esque music could possibly bring in more viewers.

I was just thinking about this: I've got nothing against the score, but why doesn't Kiner try to emulate the sound of John Williams to some degree? It feels a bit odd that they want to keep the score so original to a rather big SW project like this and also, maybe having more Williams-esque music could possibly bring in more viewers.

I think because they wanted to TCW to have its own, separate music identity from the films.

I think so too, but again, having the music sound slightly more like John Williams could help it, much since it would add some familiarity to it which I think many older viewers would like (and probably younger ones as well).

Anyway, I really like that they sometimes play snippets of JW's music on the show, like Yoda's theme in 'Ambush' and the Force theme in 'Prisoners'.

I was just thinking about this: I've got nothing against the score, but why doesn't Kiner try to emulate the sound of John Williams to some degree? It feels a bit odd that they want to keep the score so original to a rather big SW project like this and also, maybe having more Williams-esque music could possibly bring in more viewers.

I completely agree. In the Star Wars films and most obviously in Ep. IV the music is part of telling the story, and a really important part at that. Unfortunately, KK has largely missed that boat with TCW.

I completely agree. In the Star Wars films and most obviously in Ep. IV the music is part of telling the story, and a really important part at that. Unfortunately, KK has largely missed that boat with TCW.

It's pretty difficult to make 2,420 minutes worth of memorable music. I think a key difference between Williams and Kiner is that the movies have the music take the focus of a scene, whereas TCW music tends to be in the background.

Though I do wish there were more Williams' pieces in TCW, at least they aren't overdoing it. Makes moments like Anakin's interrogation of Poggle in "Brain Invaders" all the more memorable.

I was just thinking about this: I've got nothing against the score, but why doesn't Kiner try to emulate the sound of John Williams to some degree? It feels a bit odd that they want to keep the score so original to a rather big SW project like this and also, maybe having more Williams-esque music could possibly bring in more viewers.

I completely agree. In the Star Wars films and most obviously in Ep. IV the music is part of telling the story, and a really important part at that. Unfortunately, KK has largely missed that boat with TCW.

Couldn't have said it myself. In TCW music is there, but it does not enhance the story or visuals. I mean if you remove Kiner's music from all seasons, there will be little change of feeling of the scenes. BUT...but if you remove music from most scenes in the Saga - those scenes feel not as good and the whole SW-like sound of them is gone.

I completely agree. In the Star Wars films and most obviously in Ep. IV the music is part of telling the story, and a really important part at that. Unfortunately, KK has largely missed that boat with TCW.

It's pretty difficult to make 2,420 minutes worth of memorable music. I think a key difference between Williams and Kiner is that the movies have the music take the focus of a scene, whereas TCW music tends to be in the background.

Though I do wish there were more Williams' pieces in TCW, at least they aren't overdoing it. Makes moments like Anakin's interrogation of Poggle in "Brain Invaders" all the more memorable.

Not overdoing JW music is required, but when you have characters like Grievous on screen you better give them their music. It makes a lot of things better. And it is not really Star Wars without the music.

There are largely themes missing from TCW it seems. Having a strong Ahsoka theme, for example, would have been great at the end of A Friend in Need; Leia's theme for Alderaan worked wonders for Assassin, IMHO. A problem I see is a lack of seeming recognition that the right music can evoke far better emotions then dialogue. Think of removing the Force Theme from the scene in ANH where Luke is staring out at the binary sunset on Tatooine and Padmé's Ruminations from the ROTS scene where Padmé and Anakin are staring out into the Coruscant skyline. That music made the scene, no dialogue would have sufficed.